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2 Days after the kidnapping...

Takuma's POV

Two long, agonizing, and aggravating days had passed. Zero and I had no leads on where Hikari was. No one had happened to see Haku and Hana, no one had seen Hikari, and no one knew where they lived. Come on, someone had to know where they lived! With Haku as scary as he is, you honestly can't miss him. Zero was getting really pissed off because he couldn't track them down, being a vampire hunter and all. There was nothing to blame him for anyways though, especially with no leads and no trace of them. Finding them would be nearly impossible at this rate.

"Damn it." Zero growled. "What's wrong?" I asked. We were walking throughout a town that was close by the woods, so maybe we could stay on their trail. "We've been looking for three days and we still can't find her. It's getting on my last nerve." he answered grumpily. "You said you could track them. I thought you were the hunter here." I mumbled under my breath. I didn't think he heard that, but he did and I had to duck before he punched my face in. "Heh, forget I said that." I said nervously. He just glared at me and we continued walking.

By now it was dark and no one was outside. Maybe except for a few level E's in hiding. Maybe soon, we could get some sort of a lead or something. Suddenly though, we heard a noise. Acting on instinct, I turned around with my katana unsheathed and in hand, and Zero turned around with his bloody rose pointing in front of us. "I hate the feeling of being followed." Zero grumbled. I nodded in response, feeling the same way.

A bush then slightly shook, so he shot at it. A figure quickly jumped out of the bush and behind some others, hoping it, he, or she wouldn't see us. "Got it!" Zero announced as he literally tackled the figure behind the bushes to where I couldn't see him anymore. "What the fuck!?" he shouted.

Hikari's POV

I never thought two days would ever go so damn slow! Then again, once you're in hell, I guess time slows down a great deal for times such as this. My wounds had almost completely healed, but to Haku and Hana, I was still in critical condition. Hey, I wasn't going to let Haku think I was well enough for him to have his way with me. That shit won't happen EVER again. My plans were to sneak out sometime tonight. Hopefully, I wouldn't get caught and taken back here for the heating, torturing, and sexual abuse of my life.

"Almost there." I murmured to myself as I walked around the room and jumped and such. I wanted to make sure my body was functioning good enough for me to be able to run away as fast as possible and to make sure I could jump out of the way of random things that would most likely come after me. More like people actually, but with them you never know. Taking a deep breath for preparation, I ran towards the wall and back flipped off of it, landing gracefully for once. "Yes! I can get out tonight!" I exclaimed quietly so I wouldn't be heard.

Though, my happiness was short-lived when I sensed Haku coming near my room. I quickly jumped back into bed. He came in the room smirking. "How are you today Hikari?" he asked as he sat next to me on the bed. "Still aching no thanks to you." I growled with a glare. "Heh, oops." he murmured smugly. I moved my arm up and smacked him weakly, still puting up the act of being in pain and still injured.

"You know, if you weren't so weak right now, that would have hurt." he teased. "Yeah I know. It's a shame I can't punch you in the face so hard it turns inside out." I retorted while giving him an evil glare. If looks could kill, Haku would have just imploded by now. Not explode, implode. "Plus, I can't wait for you to be able to move. After all..." he started as he leaned down and kissed my neck. I was forced to fight every urge to beat the ever living, breathing shit out of Haku. "... I am getting a bit impatient and waiting for you is almost unbearable." he finished as he kissed down to where he was above my chest.

Damn him. Since my clothes were all ripped up and bloody from the fight, Hana, thankfully Hana, had changed me into new clothes. Unfortunately though, it was something Haku would love. A short black night gown that ended ad the middle of my thighs. It was low-cut too, so anyone can imagine how pissed off/annoyed I was. Actually, it kind of made me feel like a whore.

"Get off of me." I demanded in a cold voice. Haku's crimson eyes looked up into mine and his grin just got even bigger. "Fine then. I suppose feeling you squirm against me and listening to you scream with no one around to save you will be much better once you have the strength to do those things. I'm only giving you a couple more days to heal though, then I'm doing things my way." he said as he stood up and walked out of the room.

"Asshole." I muttered under my breath. But now was the time for me to start thinking and worrying. Only a couple days left if he doesn't find out I'm well again. What he said really terrified me too. Hopefully, Takuma wasn't anywhere near here so I could make my escape and go home to him, Aiko, and my friends. Escaping would not be the easiest task either. The window was high up, so it would be a long fall and Haku and Hana probably have servants here that will most likely keep an eye on my room and make sure I don't escape, so going out the door wouldn't work.

Looked like my only choice was the window. I had no time to waste. As soon as I was positive no one was around, I started getting ready for my escape from hell.

Takuma's POV

Hearing Zero scream that really worried me, seeing as it wasn't within his normal character to be like that unless he was very furious. I quickly ran up to the bushes until I saw the top of Zero's head. He had someone pinned to the ground and was straddling them so they couldn't move if they wanted to, but because of him, I couldn't tell who it was. Perhaps it was Haku? No, the legs were too skinny to be his, and too feminine. Probably Hana, because even though I couldn't see Zero's face, I could FEEL how mad he was, so it had to be her without question.

"What in the hell are you doing here?" Zero asked coldly, with a strong hint of aggravation. "Oi, I had a right to follow you guys!" the voice yelled. Okay, it wasn't Hana. I should have figured. "Luna, you shouldn't have snuck up on us like that. What if we accidentally killed you?" I scolded lightly. Zero shifted so she could see me and Luna craned her head to the side so she could speak to me properly. "I know, that was stupid, but I knew SOMEONE would get all pissy with me if he found out I followed him." she explained. I sighed and rubbed my temples. Luna could really get on your nerves sometimes, but you still had to love her because she was too kind and funny.

"You know Zero, you can get off of me now... that is unless you're too comfortable to." she teased. Zero's face slightly turned a light shade of pink and he immediately got off of her, leaving her on the ground laughing. "Who knew Zero Kiryuu could blush?" she asked as she clutched her sides, which were most likely starting to ache with how hard she was laughing. His eye twitched and he folded his arms across his chest and looked away from Luna. "Shut up." he grumbled. Okay, now I was laughing too.

"Alright, I'm done making fun of you." Luna announced. Zero sighed and stuck out his hand to help Luna up. She took it gratefully and let him pull her up. "So, you guys know where Haku or Hana live yet?" she asked. "Unfortunately not. We can't find their home, we can't track them, and no one has seen them." I answered. Luna beamed after I answered her, which confused me because it wasn't exactly what you would call good news.

"Well, you two are lucky I'm here then, because I've had to beat some explanations out of a few level E's on my way over here. Turns out one of them works for Haku and I forced him to tell me where he and Hana lived before I killed him. The sucker told me everything, he even gave me directions. I thanked him, then I killed him for attacking me in the first place. Then I found you guys and was going to surprise you, but Zero had to tackle me to the ground." she explained.

Mine and Zero's jaws were almost on the ground by the time she finished. All she had to do was beat the crap out of a level E then kill it while we've been walking around for two days, not getting anywhere with finding Hikari. When you think about it, it's kind of sad. "How far are we from where they live?" I asked once the ability to speak came back to me. "Not very far at all." Luna answered. Good, now we could hurry up and go save Hikari before Haku did anything to her. At least, I hoped he hadn't done anything to her. I would never forgive myself if something terrible did happen and I couldn't stop it.

"Okay, lets go then." I mumbled as I ran ahead. Zero and Luna looked eachother in the eyes before running after me side by side. All that mattered to me was getting Hikari back. No matter what the circumstances were.

Hikari's POV

Finally, I was ready to get the hell out of this place. I had decided I would get out on the ledge of the window and jump to a tree from there, then I could climb down, run through the woods, and then get the hell out of here and get back to Takuma, Aiko, and my friends. Two days had been more than enough for me, so home was the most comforting word I've ever thought of at the moment. I was also happy that I was able to get into the wardrobe that was in the room and ditch that slutty night gown I was forced to wear. Now I was wearing black pants, and a gray t-shirt.

Quietly and very carefully, I opened the window of the bedroom I was in. There was only one, but it was close enough to where I could grab onto a tree limb and not fall and break my leg or anything else that would prevent me from getting out of here. I stepped onto the ledge, taking deep breaths as I did. Of course I was nervous about doing this! What if Haku walked in here and caught me trying to escape? That would end with one hell of a mind-scarring nightmare that I don't even want to begin to think about.

Then, I jumped out of the window and was lucky enough to catch that tree branch without slipping or having it break on me. With a sigh of relief, I pulled myself to the actual tree so I could climb down. It took my a few minutes to do this without falling, but I managed to get down. As soon as my feet touched the forest floor, I took off into the woods like a bat outta hell.

Branches scratched my face. I didn't care. As long as I could find my way out of the woods without getting busted by Haku or Hana, I was fine with it. Several minutes passed by, nothing yet, just a bunch of god forsaken trees. "I still hate trees." I muttered to myself for my own amusement as I ran. Of course, after a while, I grew exhausted from running, so I stopped for a quick break. "Man, I need blood really bad." I whispered to myself. Normally running such a distance wouldn't become trouble this quickly. I had not had blood for a while now, and I was previously injured, so blood was on my list of things as soon as I got home.

"You!" a voice suddenly screamed. The tree I was sitting against split in half. Before it hit me, I jumped out of the way. I tried to see who it was, but it was too dark out here to see anything. Plus, clouds were covering the moon at the moment, so I couldn't see anything. Relying on my hearing, I jumped out of the way of whoever was charging towards me. I quickly came to find out it was more than one person.

All was quiet for a few seconds before I felt a sharp pain across my back, bringing me to the ground. "Shit." I hissed as I could feel blood leaking down my back. I looked up to see who got me, but all I could see were two bright red orbs with a furious glare in them.

Momo: Hehe sorry, but I was in the mood for a cliffhanger ^-^ Love you all! Review please!